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    The Week In Sports – Week Of July 8, 2013

    Slideshow • Sports • ISSUE 49•28 • Jul 8, 2013
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    • Wide-Eyed Minor Leaguer Never Thought He’d One Day Be Playing In NBT Bank Stadium

      SYRACUSE, NY—Days after stepping foot onto the minor league baseball diamond for the first time, recently called up Syracuse Chiefs catcher Kris Watts told reporters Wednesday that he never in his wildest dreams thought he would one day have the cha...
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    • Dying Kid In Houston Holding On Until Astros Develop Player Worth Meeting

      HOUSTON—Danny Kelvin, a 10-year-old Astros fan suffering from an advanced form of acute lymphoblastic leukemia, told reporters Thursday that he is just trying to hold on until the team develops a player actually worth meeting. “It’d be s...
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    • Justin Upton Realizes He’s Been At Bat For 4 Hours

      ATLANTA—Taking a timeout during the third inning of Tuesday’s game against the Marlins, Braves left fielder Justin Upton reportedly realized he’d been at bat for more than four hours.
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    • Farmer Who Cleared Out Crops To Build Baseball Field Goes Bankrupt, Loses Family, Arrested For Tax Evasion

      DYERSVILLE, IA—After allegedly listening to voices in his head instructing him to clear out a significant portion of his crops to construct a baseball diamond, sources close to local man Tom Petrillo, 36, confirmed Friday that the deluded heartland ...
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    • Cubs Players Heckle Lackluster Fans In Wrigley Field Stands

      CHICAGO—After seeing yet another anemic, lifeless display in the stands, sources confirmed Tuesday that frustrated Chicago Cubs players began heckling the team’s lackluster fans at Wrigley Field.
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    • Belichick To Tebow: ‘I’m Your Lord And Savior Now’

      BOSTON—Warning that he was a dark and vengeful God, New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick reportedly pulled aside Tim Tebow at the team’s facilities Thursday and informed the backup quarterback that he was his only Lord and savior now...
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